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apocalyptic

[uh-pok-uh-lip-tik] / əˌpɒk əˈlɪp tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
fateful
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For all the apocalyptic overtones in the film, Gibney doesn’t want audiences to come away feeling hopeless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

We’re awash in apocalyptic anxieties about rogue technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Wells’s apocalyptic vision of a world with air power, or the doom predicted from genetic engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"It was almost apocalyptic," recalls retained firefighter Matt O'Hare, as he describes the scene that greeted him at the devastating wildfire in the New Forest.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Wait until she hears of my apocalyptic meeting with Miss O’Hara.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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